Offa's Dyke – Classic Walks

Walking on Offa's Dyke

Offa’s Dyke: A Classic Walk along the Anglo Welsh Border: Britain’s Offa’s Dyke Walk is one of the most historic walks in Britain. This walk takes you along the ancient Anglo-Welsh border. The track begins in Chepstow, passes through scenery of beauty and variety, ranging from the woodlands of the Wye gorge to the windswept [...]

Cotswold Way – Classic Walks Itinerary

The ruins of Hailes Abbey on the Cotswold Way

Cotswold Way: Itinerary: England’s classic Cotswold Way walk is a 164 km route that takes walkers along the limestone ridge, the scarp of the Cotswold Edge. It’s a wonderful walking holiday that will take you through England’s heart. The walk can be done in as little as 8 days, but for a more pleasurable walking [...]

Cotswold Way – Classic Walks

The Jacobean Gatehouse for Stanway House

Cotswold Way: A Classic Walk through middle England: Britain’s Cotswold Way Walk is one of the best loved walks in England. This walk takes you along the limestone ridge, the scarp of the Cotswold Edge. The Way begins in Bath, passes villages and towns of Hawkesbury, Wooten-under-edge, Dursley, Randwick, Painswick, Cheltenham, Winchcombe and Stanton before [...]

The English Coast to Coast Walk – Classic Walks

Ennerdale Water, at the edge of the Lake District, UK

Coast to Coast: A Classic Walk across the North of England: Britain’s Coast to Coast Walk is one of the best known walks in England. This walking route across the northern part of England takes walkers through three of the country’s most famous and scenic national parks: the Lake District National Park, the Yorkshire Dales [...]

About Almis

Almis Simans on the trail in the UK

Almis Simans has journeyed along many of the historic trails of Europe, including the Spanish Camino, the Way of St. James in France, Offa’s Dyke in Wales, the Coast to Coast Walk in England and the Via Francigena. He teaches a number of travel and history courses at Sydney University’s Centre for Continuing Education and [...]